Clues for the New York Times Spelling Bee are generated daily by Ben Willenbring from his home in Brooklyn.

Letters: m e g l o t y

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EM5 — to express emotion in a very dramatic or obvious way synonyms—dote (on), fawn, drool, effuse, enthuse sounds like—d*, moat, r*

ET9 — the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language; a branch of linguistics concerned with etymologies sounds like—apology, chronology, methodology, mythology, pathology

GL4 — to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly synonyms—bag, capture, catch, collar, cop

GL5 — a state or spell of low spirits; a time or place of little or no light synonyms—blue devils, blues, dejection, depression, desolation sounds like—bloom, groom, loom, plume

GL6 — causing or marked by an atmosphere lacking in cheer; feeling unhappiness; being without light or without much light synonyms—black, bleak, cheerless, chill, Cimmerian

GO5 — a stupid person synonyms—airhead, birdbrain, blockhead, bonehead, bubblehead sounds like—glum, gullet

LO4 — to be about to happen synonyms—brew, impend sounds like—b, boom, doom, g, lamb

ME4 — to come upon face-to-face or as if face-to-face; to come together into one body or place; to come upon unexpectedly or by chance synonyms—catch, chance (upon), encounter, happen (upon), stumble (upon) sounds like—beat, beet, cheat, eat, feat

ME5 — a rough and often noisy fight usually involving several people synonyms—affray, brawl, broil, donnybrook, fracas sounds like—mail, mailed, male

ME4 — to cease to be visible; to go from a solid to a liquid state synonyms—dematerialize, disappear, dissolve, evanesce, evaporate sounds like—belt, dealt, felt, knelt, malt

ME4 — all the same : even so : nevertheless sounds like—beam, deem, mien, mom

ME4 — a message on paper from one person or group to another; a usually brief written reminder; a written communication giving information or directions synonyms—dispatch, epistle, letter, **randum, missive sounds like—demo, marrow

ME4 — to give out (something) to appropriate individuals synonyms—administer, allocate, apportion, deal (out), dispense sounds like—beat, beet, cheat, eat, feat

ME6 — strength of spirit; ability to continue despite difficulties synonyms—main, might, muscle, potency, power sounds like—kettle, mottle, myrtle, nettle, petal

MO4 — a person who tries secretly to obtain information for one country in the territory of another usually unfriendly country synonyms—agent, asset, emissary, intelligencer, operative sounds like—boll, bowl, coal, dole, foal

MO4 — as in mistress synonyms—mistress, gal, gill, girl, girlfriend sounds like—doll, loll, mail, male, mall

MO5 — any of various small, often brightly colored tropical fish (genus Poecilia) that are live-bearers found in fresh, brackish, or salt water and include several that are highly valued as aquarium fishes sounds like—collie, folly, golly, jolly, mealy

MO4 — to cast (a natural bodily covering or appendage) aside synonyms—exfoliate, shed, slip, slough sounds like—bolt, colt, jolt, malt, melt

MO5 — a female human parent synonyms—ma, mama, mammy, mater, mom sounds like—balmy, commie, mama, mummy

MO4 — open to question or dispute synonyms—arguable, controvertible, debatable, disputable, doubtable sounds like—boot, chute, hoot, jute, loot

MO4 — a very small piece synonyms—atom, bit, crumb, dribble, fleck sounds like—boat, coat, goat, mat, mate

MO5 — as in resort, court synonyms—court, motor court, motor inn, motor lodge, resort sounds like—hotel

MO5 — as in madrigal, aria synonyms—aria, art song, barcarole, blues, chanson sounds like—abet, attest, cadet, cassette, cutout

MO6 — consisting of many things of different sorts; marked by a variety of usually vivid colors synonyms—assorted, eclectic, heterogeneous, indiscriminate, kitchen-sink sounds like—hotly

MO6 — a small area that is different (as in color) from the main part synonyms—blotch, dapple, dot, eyespot, fleck sounds like—bottle, metal, mettle, myrtle, wattle

MO5 — a short sentence or phrase that expresses a rule guiding the behavior of a particular person or group synonyms—axiom, precept, truism, truth, adage sounds like—macho, mater

OM6 — an ** made usually with chopped green pepper, onion, and tomato sounds like—aimless, argot, ballot, billet, bullet

OM8 — beaten eggs cooked without stirring until set and served folded in half sounds like—inlet, let, met, outlet, roulette

TE4 — to be copiously supplied synonyms—abound, brim, bristle, bulge, burst sounds like—beam, deem, ream, seam, seem

TO4 — a set of printed sheets of paper bound together between covers and forming a work of fiction or nonfiction synonyms—book, volume sounds like—comb, dome, foam, gnome, home

TO5 — a device, design, or figure used as an identifying mark synonyms—emblem, ensign, hallmark, impresa, logo